Monday, February 10
Evanston, Ill.
9 PM
Michigan State University
11-12,4-8Big Ten
55
at
85
#19 Northwestern
20-3,10-2Big Ten
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Michigan St.
14
14
8
19
55
Northwestern
24
23
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19
85
Team Stats
MSU
NU
FG%
.306
.419
3FG%
.250
.368
FT%
.909
.727
RB
43
48
TO
16
4
STL
2
7
Game Leaders
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
Guard
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MSU Concludes Road Swing With a Loss to No. 19 Northwestern
2/11/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Sophomores Nia Clouden and Kayla Belles lead the Spartans with 12 points each.
EVANSTON, Ill. - Sophomore guard Nia Clouden reached double figures for the 20th time this season, as the Michigan State women's basketball team fell to No. 19 Northwestern on the road on Monday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Michigan State falls to 11-12 overall and 4-8 in the Big Ten and have lost five-straight games. First-place Northwestern improves to 20-3 and 10-2 in league play.
Senior guard Nia Clouden once again led Michigan State in scoring with 12 points and seven rebounds. She has led the Spartans in scoring 12 times this season. Clouden shared the team lead in scoring with sophomore forward Kayla Belles who scored 12, while fighting through foul trouble. She scored six of her 12 points in the final period. Senior guard Taryn McCutcheon was close to a double-double with nine points and a team-leading eight rebounds.
Northwestern was led by Lindsey Pulliam who scored a game high 31 points, while Veronica Burton added 23.
McCutcheon drained first two 3-pointers as the Spartans jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead. The Wildcats responded with a 8-0 run to take a 12-9 lead with 5:29 left in the quarter, leading to a MSU timeout. NU eventually jumped out to a 21-9 lead before another McCutcheon trey stopped the run. McCutcheon ended the first quarter with nine points to keep MSU within reach, 24-14.
In the second quarter the Spartans looked to chip away at the Wildcat lead, but 12 first-half turnovers hampered the comeback efforts. After a Burton 3-pointer, NU took a 20-point lead 43-23. The Spartans scored the final two baskets of the half behind buckets from Clouden and freshman center Cydni Dodd.
The Wildcats ended the third quarter with a 9-0 run to take a 66-36 lead. In the final period, MSU got playing time for some of its younger players with freshmen Alyza Winston, Cydni Dodd and Julia Ayrault getting time. Winston ended with five points, while Ayrault added four.
Michigan State will return to the Breslin Center after a pair of road games against ranked teams. The Spartans will take on Rutgers on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Michigan State Notes vs. Northwestern
• Michigan State's starting line-up of senior guard Taryn McCutcheon, senior forward Nia Hollie, sophomore forward Kayla Belles, sophomore guard Nia Clouden and freshman guard Moria Joiner, was the ninth-straight game with that starting five for the Spartans, their longest streak of the same starting lineup ... It is MSU's eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• Freshman and sophomore accounted for 45 of Michigan State's 55 points, led by 12 points each by sophomores Nia Clouden and Kayla Belles. There were 14 points that came from the five freshmen, led by five points from freshman guard Alyza Winston.
• Clouden netted her team-leading 12th game that she was the high-point player for MSU ... Clouden has now scored in double-figures in 19 of the 23 games, including the last four ... the sophomore guard also added seven rebounds and a team-high four assists.
• McCutcheon's two assists gives her 75 for the season and 547 for her career ... the senior guard is now just 28 helpers from breaking the school record of 574 assists, held by her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05).
• Freshman forward Taiyier Parks led the team with two blocks, while sophomore forward Kayla Belles and sophomore guard Nia Clouden both added a block each.
Michigan State falls to 11-12 overall and 4-8 in the Big Ten and have lost five-straight games. First-place Northwestern improves to 20-3 and 10-2 in league play.
Senior guard Nia Clouden once again led Michigan State in scoring with 12 points and seven rebounds. She has led the Spartans in scoring 12 times this season. Clouden shared the team lead in scoring with sophomore forward Kayla Belles who scored 12, while fighting through foul trouble. She scored six of her 12 points in the final period. Senior guard Taryn McCutcheon was close to a double-double with nine points and a team-leading eight rebounds.
Northwestern was led by Lindsey Pulliam who scored a game high 31 points, while Veronica Burton added 23.
McCutcheon drained first two 3-pointers as the Spartans jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead. The Wildcats responded with a 8-0 run to take a 12-9 lead with 5:29 left in the quarter, leading to a MSU timeout. NU eventually jumped out to a 21-9 lead before another McCutcheon trey stopped the run. McCutcheon ended the first quarter with nine points to keep MSU within reach, 24-14.
In the second quarter the Spartans looked to chip away at the Wildcat lead, but 12 first-half turnovers hampered the comeback efforts. After a Burton 3-pointer, NU took a 20-point lead 43-23. The Spartans scored the final two baskets of the half behind buckets from Clouden and freshman center Cydni Dodd.
The Wildcats ended the third quarter with a 9-0 run to take a 66-36 lead. In the final period, MSU got playing time for some of its younger players with freshmen Alyza Winston, Cydni Dodd and Julia Ayrault getting time. Winston ended with five points, while Ayrault added four.
Michigan State will return to the Breslin Center after a pair of road games against ranked teams. The Spartans will take on Rutgers on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Michigan State Notes vs. Northwestern
• Michigan State's starting line-up of senior guard Taryn McCutcheon, senior forward Nia Hollie, sophomore forward Kayla Belles, sophomore guard Nia Clouden and freshman guard Moria Joiner, was the ninth-straight game with that starting five for the Spartans, their longest streak of the same starting lineup ... It is MSU's eighth different starting lineup of the season.
• Freshman and sophomore accounted for 45 of Michigan State's 55 points, led by 12 points each by sophomores Nia Clouden and Kayla Belles. There were 14 points that came from the five freshmen, led by five points from freshman guard Alyza Winston.
• Clouden netted her team-leading 12th game that she was the high-point player for MSU ... Clouden has now scored in double-figures in 19 of the 23 games, including the last four ... the sophomore guard also added seven rebounds and a team-high four assists.
• McCutcheon's two assists gives her 75 for the season and 547 for her career ... the senior guard is now just 28 helpers from breaking the school record of 574 assists, held by her current assistant coach Kristin Haynie (2001-05).
• Freshman forward Taiyier Parks led the team with two blocks, while sophomore forward Kayla Belles and sophomore guard Nia Clouden both added a block each.
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